Community Economic Diversification
Initiative — Coulombe Report

Designed by Canada Economic Development, the Community Economic Diversification Initiative — Coulombe Report (CEDI-CR) aims to foster and support projects which address economic issues affecting communities hardest hit by the reduction in coniferous supply resulting from the implementation by the Government of Quebec of the Coulombe Report’s recommendations.

The CEDI-CR targets the following regions:

Côte-Nord (Manicouagan MRC, La Haute-Côte-Nord MRC, Sept-Rivières MRC),

Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Vallée-de-l’Or MRC, Abitibi MRC),

Saguenay — Lac-Saint-Jean (Domaine-du-Roy MRC, Maria-Chapdelaine MRC),

Nord-du-Québec,

Mauricie (La Tuque MRC)

as well as the single-industry municipalities in the following regions : Bas-Saint-Laurent (Lac-au-Saumon, Price, Biencourt, Dégelis, Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska), Mauricie (Saint-Roch-de-Mékinac, Saint-Séverin), Outaouais (Grand-Remous, Maniwaki), Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Taschereau, Béarn), Gaspésie (St-Elzéar, Saint-Alphonse, Nouvelle), Lanaudière (Saint-Michel), Laurentides (Ferme-Neuve), Chaudière-Appalaches (Sainte-Perpétue, Saint-Pamphile, Saint-Just-de-Bretenières).

This initiative enables these communities to strenghten their social structure and open up to new economic sectors withhigh-added value and attractive high-growth potential.  The CEDI-CR provides a comprehensive approach to creating social, cultural and economic conditions conducive to entrepreneurhip and mainstay projects generating sustainable jobs and a high quality of life.

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Current questions - Community Economic Diversification
Initiative — Coulombe Report
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